Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.12801, Jasper Drake, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Drake, Jasper
S 12801
Carded
CONTENTS

Suspended. See letter to me June 5. 1834
J. Flem- not found
New York 8876
Jasper Drake
a bayuga in the State of N. York who was a private in the Col. 7. commanded by Captain Boyle of the Regt. commanded by Col. Drake in the New York line for 2 years
Insp d
Inscribed on the Roll of - N. York at the rate of 20 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of May 1833 - and sent to A. Gould Auburn N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 - $ 160 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th of Sept 1833 - $ - 40
$ 200
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk. Book 6, Vol. 4, Page 17.
Let H. H. H. have B. June 15 (June 15) 35 John Jacob 4. American etc. 10, 1838. H. H. Johnson (Smith) capt 1839

Jasper Drake
12.225

State of New York Cayuga County ss On this 18 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Cayuga in said State now sitting Jasper Drake aged 70. years a resident of the town of Genoa in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service and served under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That in the month of September A.D. 1778. then being a resident of the town of Cortland in the County of West- =chester in the State of New York, he entered the service in the company of militia commanded by Captain Ebenezer Boyd Lieut David Ferris , & Ensign. Major otherwise called Elijah Drake in the Regiment com- =manded by Col Samuel Drake and continued to serve in said company until the month of June 1779 when he was taken prisoner at Cornpond in said County of Westchester by the British and taken to New York City where he was detained a prisoner of war until the month of July following when he was exchanged, and returned home, and immediately entered said service in the same company and continued to serve therein until the close of the war. that the head quarters of said Regiment was at Cornpond , from which place parties were sent out to scout and keep guard up the lines. that the said Col Samuel Drake was his father and kept him constantly employed, whilst not on guard and in scouting parties in riding express, and carrying orders. that he never received a written discharge from said service and has no documentary proof thereof That whilst in said service he saw & knew Gen Washington, Gen Putnam, Gen La Fayette

Gen Knox. Burn Steubn, Gen McDougle & others
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension, except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or territory Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jasper Brake

We, Elijah Drake late a Justice of the peace residing in Genoa in Cayuga County and Deleg Gallup residing in Sempromius hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jasper Drake — who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Elijah Drake Deleg Gallup
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Elijah Drake who has signed the preceding certificate, was a Justice of the peace resident in Genoa and Deleg Gallup — who has also signed the same, is a resident in Sempromius — and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jasper Drake for a pension.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court the eighteenth day of September 1832
M. S. Myers

No 12.225 Jasper Derake
A. Gould Auburn N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Jasper Derakee  County of Gayunga  in the State of Ky.,  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Count  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1778 Sept. } to the end of the } war Private Col. Derakee, Capt. Boiga  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cottontown Ky.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions & tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Ans Ans
May 16, 1927
Mrs. Nettie Walsh 211 S. Main St Janesville, Wisc.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 12801 , it appears that Jasper Drake , while a resident of Cortland, Westchester County, New York, enlisted in September 1778 and served as a private in Captain Ebenezer Boyd's Company, Colonel Samuel Drake's (soldier's father) New York Regiment, he was taken prisoner at Crumpond, New York in June 1779, and carried to New York City and held until exchanged in July, when he returned home and immediately entered the service in the same company, and served as scout and express rider, until the close of the War.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, while a resident of

Genoa, Cayuga County, New York, aged seventy years.
It is not stated that  soldier whether a soldier was married.
The above noted Jasper Drake is the only sol- dier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
I did not say anything about suspension as his service was not questioned only length of it. see offi. letter re claims C.W.

Reborn
✓ 12.801 INVALID.
File No. 12.801
Jasper Drake Rev: Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1926 - Apr. 20 - Miss A. Antinette Walch ens. 1927 - May 16 - " " Mrs. Nettie Walch ens.

S. G. Andrews Chief Clk Pension Office Washington D.C. Escher Dake 1832-1833
Treasury Department,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
G. C. Whiting Esq. Comm:
Escher Dake Auditor. 1832-1833 Manuscript

8-1609.
United States Department of the Interior. BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
If not called for in 15 days return to THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON, D. C. OFFICIAL BUSINESS
UNCL. RETURNED APR 21 1926
Not in Directory. NOT ON RURAL ROUTES.
PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, $300
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Woon No Van Buren
15 Jan / 1835 -
G. G.
Quora Vol 25 page 83 -

War Dept. Pension Off. Jan'y 15/35
Sir,
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I have the honor to return herewith the letter of Abraham Drake & in reply thereto to inform you that his claim had been unadvisedly admitted and upon re-examination has been suspended until he shall bring his case within the regulations adopted by the Dept. for the execution of the act of 7 June '32. His claim is based upon services in Boyds Company Drake's Regt of New York militia from Sept 78 to the close of the war. As the act provides a pro rata pension, it has been found indispensable to require a specification of each term of service in order to enable the Dept. to make the computation. This specification agreeably to the rules is all that is or has been required of Mr. Drake. The testimony is satisfactory as to the fact of his performing militia duty in that company & Regt. act'g quere Hon M. Van Buren -

N o 12225 Jasper Drake
A. Gault Auburn N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jasper Drake which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate:
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Dec 29
Eng. 7.
NY
Jasper Blake
Col. J. L. Edwards Esq.
Somersworth Pensylvania
Hon. Mr. Van Buren

Dear Sir
This old patriot embraces himself too strongly when he says that I promised to see him righted. Will you have the good ness to return his letter with a little note out of his case.
Yours
MWB
Dec 27: 34
8/ Mr Edm. ...

Sto Reps
Dec 7/58
Hon
Thos Robb
Chief Clerk
Dear Sir
I transmit a communication from Judge Buchanan of Rochester N.Y. which I will be obliged to you to examine & inform me thereof
Your obed Servt Saml Andrews

Pension Office, April 18. 1859.
Sir,
In reply to your inquiry of the 14 th instant, you are respectfully informed that the payment of the Pension of Isaac  who was Drake, a pensioner on the New York roll under act of June 7, 1832, at rate of $80 per annum, was ordered to be suspended on June 1834, and the said suspension does not appear to have been removed.
R. J. Atkinson Esq., 3 d Auditor, Treasury Department.

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office April 14. 1859
Sir:
I have to request that you will inform this Office whether the pension of Jasper Drake, a pensioner of the New York roll, under Act of June 7. 1832, has been suspended, & if so, whether the suspension has been removed.
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t A. J. Garrison Auditor
Gen. C. Whiting Esq. Comm r . of Pensions

Pension Office, December 10/58.
Sir,
In reply to the enclosed letter of Judge Buchanan, I have the honor to state that the pension of Jasper Drake was suspended for the reasons assigned in the letter, addressed by this office to Hon. Martin Van Buren, under by this office , dated January 15, 1835, a copy of which is also herewith re- turned enclosed. No additional evidence has since been filed.
Very truly
Hon. Jas. G. Andrews. House of Reps.

Revolutionary Claims
file J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington.
John Breake Esq.

Rochester N.Y. Sep. 16 th 1831.
J. E. Edwards Esq. Sir.
Saspor Drake, a Prisoner for Revolutionary services, I am informed has had the payment of his Pension suspended. The information is that it was suspended by the War Department, on the 5 th of June last. Will you have the goodness to inform me on what account his Pension was suspended. as he professes to be entirely ignorant on the subject I think he can remove any objection to the payment of his Pension.
Very Respectfully, Dear Col. St.
Ashley Sampson

State of New York
Cayuga County
On this 18 th day of September 1772 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County William M c Dean of Genoa in said County who being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Jasper Drake of Genoa aforesaid, and was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war, that from the month of September 1778 until the close of the war he was a soldier in the same company and Regiment with the said Jasper and served with him the whole time except about four months during the summer and fall of 1779. that he was drummer in said company about three years and afterwards, served with a gun as a private soldier during all of which time the said Jasper served in said company, that said company was employed in keeping guard on the line, and in scouting parties that he was very frequently with said Jasper on guard, and in scouting parties, that he has known said Jasper ever since the war, and knows him to be the person he represents himself to be, in the accompanying declaration
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
William M c Dean
And the said Court declare their opinion that the said William M c Dean is a man of truth & veracity

State of New York Cayuga County ss Elijah Drake of Genoa in said County of Cayuga personally appears in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County & makes oath that he is a younger brother of the said Jasper Drake who now makes application for a pension, that from the year 1778 until the close of the War the said Jasper was a soldier in the company of militia commanded by Capt Ebenezer Boyd in Col Samuel Drakes Regiment that he was not himself of sufficient age to be engaged in said service but was accustomed to see the said Jasper go out with his gun and equipage & was informed at the time and believed that he was engaged in said service that he recollects that the said Jasper was taken prisoner in the sum- mer of 1779 and detained six or seven weeks, Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Elijah Drake
And the said Court declare their opinion that the said Elijah Drake is a man of truth and veracity

Johnson Miss Mar. 4-26 Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
If possible will you please send records or copies of enlistment and discharge papers of my ancestor Jasper Blake who was in Revolutionary War. He was a captain came up from a private in Col Samuel Blake's regiment New York

if you can not help me can you suggest where to write further as I wish to join U. G. R. I have the last copies of record pertaining to my ancestors war record. With sincere thanks
Antoinette Walsh.

Militia (3 d Regiment of Lelien) also please inform me where to find record of marriage of this same ancestor Jasper Braker. He lived in New York City near on Poll list of 1761 for Assembly and I think he also had a tavern or inn during Revolutionary War. I have written Adjutant General Appir and New York State Library so.

Janesville Wis
March 12 1927
Commission Of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
It is suggested by Robert P. Davis of the War Department Adjutant General's Office that you would advise me on the matter of Jasper Drake who fought in the Revolutionary War as sergeant and Captain in Colonel Samuel Drake's Regiment of New York Militia. now Major Davis suggests you may send me record of Marriage of Jasper Drake and also copy of war record and enlistment and discharge. I know he enlisted in New York City but would like this record in correct form. Hoping you can do this for me and also advise me about this matter.
I am with sincere thanks. yours.
Mrs Nettie Walsh 211 S. Main St Janesville Wis

awf.
Rev. and 1812 War Section.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
April 20, 1926
Antoinette Walsh Janesville Wisc
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12801, it appears that Jasper Drake, while a resident of Cortland, Westchester County, New York, enlisted in September 1778 and served as a private in Captain Ebenezer Boyd's Company, Colonel Samuel Drake's (soldier's father) New York Regiment, he was taken prisoner at Crumpond, New York in June 1779, and carried to New York City and held until exchanged in July, when he returned home and immediately entered the service in the same company, and served as scout, and express rider, until the close of War.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1832, while a resident of Genoa,

Cayuga County, New York, aged seventy years.
It is not stated that soldier was married..
The above noted Jasper Drake is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "Winfield Scott". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned above the typed name and title.
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
April 20, 1926
Antoinette Walsh Janesville Wisc
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12801, it appears that Jasper Drake, while a resident of Cortland, Westchester County, New York, enlisted in September 1778 and served as a private in Captain Ebenezer Boyd's Company, Colonel Samuel Drake's (soldier's father) New York Regiment, he was taken prisoner at Crumpond, New York in June 1779, and carried to New York City and held until exchanged in July, when he returned home and immediately entered the service in the same company, and served as scout, and express rider, until the close of War.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 18, 1833, while a resident of Genoa,

Cayuga County, New York, aged seventy years.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
The above noted Jasper Drake is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.